Transmigrating into Haotian, ruling the Three Pure Ones and pacifying the primordial world.

"Your subject Bai Ze/Tu Shan pays respects to Your Majesty."

"Rise."

The two glanced around again, then cupped their hands in greeting to the sages, saying, "Greetings, fellow Daoists."

"Fellow Daoist, you are too polite." The Three Pure Ones and the others returned the greeting, while the expression of the Guide Bodhi was particularly miserable, because Bai Ze and Tu Shan's gaze lingered on their faces for a longer time.

"Greetings to the two sages." The immortals greeted them in unison. After all, the Heavenly Emperor and the Longevity Emperor were sages, and they could not fail to show them respect.

After nodding, Bai Ze's tablet flew out in streams of light, transforming into jade slips before the saints, who eagerly probed them with their divine senses.

Seeing the curiosity on the faces of the other immortals and gods, and noticing the Emperor's almost imperceptible nod, Bai Ze slowly spoke:

"I am in charge of all logistics matters in the Heavenly Court. This time, the demon monkey wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and many of our Heavenly Court's buildings were damaged. As a result, the spiritual power of various spiritual objects inside was greatly reduced due to improper preservation. Whether it is subsequent repair or re-collection, it will be a big problem."

The immortals' expressions turned solemn. Indeed, some spiritual objects needed to be stored in special places, as did the Heavenly Court buildings. Since the Great Heavenly Venerable ascended the throne, the Heavenly Court had never suffered such a great loss.

Bai Ze's ears twitched slightly. He saw Taibai Jinxing wink at him, and his gaze swept over Jieyin Bodhi. These two have already lost everything!

So...

Shakyamuni was inwardly bitter. Feeling the gazes upon him, he could only force a smile and bow to the two people in the hall: "Please give your instructions, Your Majesty, and our Buddhist Association will provide full compensation."

Bai Ze nodded, showing some understanding by not rushing to distance himself from the situation!

"Your Majesty, the demon monkey has rushed out of the Peach Garden, causing many ancient peach branches to break and crumble. They need to absorb ten thousand years of spiritual energy to recover."

"The Jade Pool Soil and Morning Dew Jade Elixir used to cultivate the spiritual plants in the garden have been completely used up. The Star Moss and Crimson Cloud Spiritual Stamens, which are specially used to nourish the spiritual roots, have all been destroyed. It will be difficult to replant spiritual plants in a short time, and there is no way to raise the immortal fruits needed for the Peach Banquet."

Shakyamuni's brow twitched violently; he'd just been given a huge accusation right off the bat!

At this opportune moment, Yang Chan spoke up: "Then won't the next Peach Banquet have to be postponed?"

Zi'er chimed in, adding fuel to the fire: "Yes, Mother has even assigned the task of hosting the Peach Banquet to us and my cousin! Buddha, you've got to pay for this!"

"That's right. Everyone in the Three Realms knows how important the Peach Banquet is. It's related to the number of cultivators in the Three Realms." Yang Chan echoed her.

Cheng'er glanced at her cousin and younger sister, and then spoke softly, "If any immortals or gods in the Three Realms are harmed, it's all the fault of Buddhism!"

What a great hat-trick! What a skillful play!

The immortals remained silent, secretly marveling at how the princess and Princess Yang Chan had truly mastered His Majesty's methods.

Shakyamuni's smile became somewhat stiff. Was this a tough dish served right off the bat?

He gritted his teeth and forced himself to say, "The princess is right. Our Buddhist Association will provide full compensation."

Bai Ze nodded and continued, "The demon monkey not only devoured pills in the Tushita Palace, but also smashed up the furnishings inside. Many rare spiritual materials were burned and destroyed by the fire from the overturned alchemy furnaces. Several Bagua furnaces shattered with a crash. The furnace walls were made of ten-thousand-year-old Lihuo jade, and it is difficult to find the same material to recast them."

"All the officers and soldiers who were tending the fire and guarding the furnace were overthrown, and the jade chests storing spiritual materials were cracked. Most of the alchemy materials accumulated over the years were lost in one fell swoop."

"Pay up!" Shakyamuni's dough stiffened.

"The demon monkey charged all the way from the Tushita Palace, passing through the side pavilion of the Central Heaven Treasure Vault, breaking through the restrictions, and plundering a lot of sealed spiritual materials, including Star Marrow Essence Sand, Azure Nether Ancient Wood, Water Mansion Mystic Pearl, and Five Elements Essence Crystal. These are all important divine materials for forging magic weapons and setting up great formations. Many of the Qiankun Jade Boxes that stored the spiritual materials were broken, and the spiritual energy inside the boxes dissipated. The spiritual energy of many heavenly treasures leaked out and turned into mortal matter."

"The spiritual materials stored in the hall were severely damaged. The Cangming Spiritual Spring and Zifu Honey Lotus used to brew immortal wine were completely consumed. The Xuanbing Jade Lotus, Cloud Pattern Lingzhi, and Primordial Dragon Tooth Rice prepared as gifts for the immortals were all swept away. Countless glass immortal cups and crystal jade plates displayed in the hall were shattered. Many of the vessels were carved from Nine Heavens Cold Crystal and Crimson Cloud Warm Jade, which are difficult to reforge."

"The essence of the sun, the essence of the moon, the primordial milk of chaos, and the divine stone of Mount Buzhou are scattered all over the ground. In particular, the divine stone is mixed with the nectar and jade liquid. To put it bluntly, this is blasphemy against the great god Pangu."

After Bai Ze finished speaking, he cupped his hands in the direction of Buzhou Mountain. The immortals in the hall were extremely solemn and followed his example, bowing as well, including the Three Pure Ones.

This hat is much heavier than the previous one!

One wrong move and you could face a severe beating from a dozen or so sages.

Shakyamuni felt like he had a thorn in his side, as Xing Tian, ​​that headless sorcerer, had already set his sights on him.

"It is the fault of Buddhism. After I return to the Great Thunderclap Temple, I will arrange for all the Buddhas to go to Buzhou Mountain to clean and tidy it up, as a sign of respect for the Great God Pangu."

Tu Shan suddenly spoke up: "No need. You can just go to the foot of Buzhou Mountain and kowtow to apologize. The cleanup will be handled by my Heavenly Court, since the incident involving the divine stone happened in my Heavenly Court."

Shakyamuni opened his mouth, and reluctantly agreed.

The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, and others looked surprised, while Xing Tian's gaze softened considerably, and he bowed to the two of them, saying, "Thank you, Great Emperor."

What an idiot!

The saints shook their heads at the sight, and even Haotian couldn't help but chuckle. Yaochi whispered, "After all these years, the Wu Clan is still so straightforward."

"It's about respecting the great god Pangu." Haotian smiled. Actually, setting up an altar at the foot of Buzhou Mountain to apologize would have been enough.

Whether it's to show respect to the great god Pangu or to give an explanation to the Wu tribe, doing this is already quite good.

However, after Shakyamuni proposed cleaning and sweeping Buzhou Mountain, Tushan immediately realized that this was indeed the most sincere way to apologize, but it was also very likely to bring great merit!

"With my two beloved ministers working together, my Heavenly Court is indeed flawless in handling affairs of the Three Realms." Haotian raised his jade cup and offered a toast from afar.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The two men picked up the nectar that Venus had given them and drank it all in one gulp. After so many years of working together, the emperor and his subjects had a very good understanding of each other. They understood what His Majesty meant—our Heavenly Court must not suffer any loss.

Seeing that Shakyamuni was already teetering on the brink of collapse, Bai Ze put away his smile and said in a serious tone, "When the demon monkey pounced on the Tongming Palace, the eaves of the Nine Luminaries Star Official's residence collapsed, and the guardian banners and guarding weapons of the South Heavenly Gate and the Tongming Palace were mostly shattered by iron rods."

"Many magical artifacts were forged from meteorite iron and cloud-flowing emerald copper. Once damaged, they were difficult to repair. Thirty-six thunder generals fought hard to stop them. Their armor cracked, their protective jade shattered, and many of the spiritual materials they nurtured with them lost their spiritual power in the battle. Many celestial officials were injured, and the healing materials such as the Concentrating Jade Dew and the Innate Lingzhi were also consumed in large quantities."

"I'll compensate you," Shakyamuni said weakly. He had already agreed to the previous precious items, but this was just a large quantity.

"In the previous battle, when 100,000 heavenly soldiers besieged Huaguo Mountain, a large number of Heavenly Net and Earthly Net talismans were burned, and the Xuanhuang Spirit Silk and Star Talisman Paper needed for setting up the formation were consumed in great quantities; the heavenly soldiers' formation flags and demon-binding ropes were destroyed one after another, and the stock of Primordial Spirit Vine for making the chains was reduced sharply. Although we captured the seventy-two cave demon kings in this battle, the loss of various demon-suppressing spiritual materials was countless."

Bai Ze glanced at Bodhi, "These are all real losses!"

Shakyamuni couldn't even manage a smile anymore. He wondered how much they had exaggerated before, and now this monkey had actually settled the score!

"Pay up," he said weakly, his body shrank considerably.

Bai Ze watched as he prepared to speak again. Shakyamuni's face turned deathly pale, as if only his eyes could move—"Anything else?"

"The rest isn't a big deal." Bai Ze looked somewhat troubled at Yang Jian, who was sitting above Yang Chan. "You may not know that the True Lord came to the banquet, but the demon monkey accidentally destroyed 500,000 cubic meters of Howling Celestial Dog's dog food. Howling Celestial Dog rushed to bite him and accidentally broke one of its legs!"

"What?!" Yang Jian stood up in shock, looking at Shakyamuni angrily, "You wretched monkey!"